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List of bigfin squid specimens and sightings

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This list of bigfin squid specimens and sightings is a timeline of recorded human encounters with members of the genus Magnapinna, popularly known as bigfin squid. It includes animals that were caught by fishermen, recovered (in whole or in part) from predatory species, as well as those credibly sighted at sea.

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The bigfin squid is a little-known genus of squid noted for its unusual bodily shape and arms.[1] Owing to its distribution as far deep as the hadal zone, and its status as the deepest occurring known genus of squid, specimens and sightings of the genus are extremely rare. All specimens are juvenile, with only one sighting thought to be an adult of the genus.[2]

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Date - Dates are given to the level of precision available from the source material - telemetry displayed is used for observations where an ROV video is the primary source

Observer - Corresponds either to the person who collected the specimen; the vessel the specimen was collected on, or the vessel that observed the specimen for video-only observations.

Location - Given in Latitude/Longitude when available, otherwise the general region is given. For ROV dives with navigation data available, a link to the corresponding dive track is given, unless a more precise location is specified by a secondary source. Some coordinates from commercial ROVs are specified via UTM rather than Latitude/Longitude.

Depth - Supplied based on precision available from collection method for physical specimens; otherwise telemetry from ROV observations is used.

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